A response to a comment, which turned into a rambling monologue that I decided belongs here.

[astrophel_]

Dominique wrote:You cannot switch this late in the game of life just because you want to and you feel you missed the boat....
You have to want to go to med school so badly that your life would be meaningless without it, because other people are there for that reason and you're starting waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy behind them with your background in the

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what I know about medicine

[anonymous]

Medicine does appear to be an addict's game. Doctors work ridiculous hours, but they also get a lot of time for themselves. The med school part is the time during which you would have to be solely dedicated to medicine. Once you start working (and maybe down the road in med school, if you get in and survive the worst of it), time for Josh and his other interests would appear. Your Renaissance lifestyle is possible with this career

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[astrophel_]

Pay no attention to the Sigmund Freud behind the curtain.
I thrive on non-stop stress, and I'm relatively relaxed right now. That's the problem. I need 3 concerts coming up, all with large amounts of music I haven't yet learned, 4 rehearsals a day, plus I'm writing the song translations, designing the programs, and starting to plan a fourth concert a few months further down the road.
Medicine--at least from watching ER--looks a little like that. Hence it looks like a lot of fun/madness.
I like madness.
I also need a secretary/assistant. Because anything involving paperwork, telephone calls, bureaucracy, and following a schedule somehow reduces me to the level of a babbling toddler. I'm still amazed that I haven't been kicked out of Germany for forgetting to (or avoiding) filling out some form or getting something stamped (they LOVE stamps here.)

Are you done with your Master's degree, now? Working? Working on a PhD? Married with three children, a dog and a picket fence, living in a suburb of a medium-sized midwestern city?